In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
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Bipolar Junction Transistor or BJT Current Mirror An often-used…
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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There are three major kinds of power supplies: unregulated (also…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple current mirror using matched bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about current mirror circuit limitations, the temperature dependence of BJTs, and thermal runaway.
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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…
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To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…
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Transformers with Multiple Secondaries Transformers are very versatile…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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Single phase power system schematic diagram shows little about the…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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Parallel-in/ serial-out shift registers do everything that the…
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.
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Practical Benefit of Active Devices The practical benefit of active…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…
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Power Equation of Ohm’s Law and Joule’s Law …
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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.
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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…
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If I wanted to build a battery-powered electric drill, would it be…
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What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…
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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…
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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…
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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…
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Let’s take the following example circuit and analyze it: …
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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…
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Complex numbers are useful for AC circuit analysis because they…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.
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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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Introduction This third volume of the book series Lessons In Electric…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.
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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.
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Solid Copper Wire Table Size Diameter (inches) Cross-sectional area…
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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.
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Suppose we wished to measure the resistance of some component located…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
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Why learn about Karnaugh maps? The Karnaugh map, like Boolean…
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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